True Blood

Or should I say Tru Blood. After all that is where the name is to come from, right? The name of the synthetic blood, bottle and sold across the country. That is my first complaint about the show. Why change the spelling in the title? Too corny? Why would that matter, this show is as corny as it gets. Again I didn't watch the show when it first aired. But I had heard some much about it that I took the time to watch the first season one night. Okay, I didn't make it past episode 3. I quickly found myself wondering what the fans of the show seen that I didn't. So I gave it another shot the next day. I literally had to force myself to make it half way through episode 4, and that was as far as I went.

Come on, I had never witnessed such bad acting, terrible accents, horrific writing, and so much down grading stereotyping in a hit show, in my life. Maybe it is because the show is on HBO and allows nudity, and foul language, and that keeps it going. You know the old saying "Sex sells", that is a proven point here. I can not see any other reason for the shows success. Of course I have to give it to the actors, Anna Paquin (Sookie Stackhouse), Stephen Moyer (Bill Compton), Ryan Kwanten (Jason Stackhouse), Sam Trammell (Sam Merlotte), and Rutina Wesley (Tara Thornton) for at least trying to bring the characters to life. An actor is only as good as their script allows them to be. I mean come on, the characters read off like a porn line up, and the story line is running right along side.

I'm sure I will catch a lot of flack from this, but I have to be honest about what I think. Sorry True Blood fans... But if you want to see what good writing is for a vampire tale, check out The Vampire Diaries.